http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Outdoors 60 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:10:40 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1345741.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1345741.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The eternal quest to catch a permit on fly rod on the flats isn't going very well, but recently it had some unintended -- but good -- consequences. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1346337.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1346337.html Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00 EST NOAA Fisheries has published a new rule that prohibits recreational anglers from selling snapper and grouper caught in federal waters of the South Atlantic, effective Dec. 16. The rule also prohibits charter and headboats from selling snapper and grouper caught by their customers in either federal or state waters. A similar measure has been in effect in the Gulf of Mexico since 1996. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1340871.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1340871.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST LUCAYA, GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND -- A little more than two years ago, University of Miami bonefish researcher Mike Larkin escorted a small group of avid anglers on a tagging expedition to the bone-studded flats of Grand Bahama Island. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1341237.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1341237.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will hold ``Becoming an Outdoors Woman,'' Friday-Sunday at the Everglades Youth Camp at J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area in Palm Beach County. Registration fee is $175; reservations are required. Call 561-625-5122 or visit myFWC.com/BOW. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1341230.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1341230.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Captain Jimbo Thomas on the newly refurbished Thomas Flyer out of Bayside Marina reported a hot bite from sailfish outside of Government Cut. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1339006.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1339006.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Jimmy Lambert's family boat Reel Tight took the opening-day lead Tuesday in the 2009 Sailfish Cup with eight sails released.<p/> Lambert, of Hillsboro Beach, said his six-member crew didn't score their first release until after 1 p.m., when they found themselves with six sails hooked up at the same time. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1335565.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1335565.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:00 EST A two-man team of veteran racers made it two in a row in Sunday's final of the Key West World Championship powerboat races.<p/> Driver Johnny Stanch of Westmont, N.J., and throttleman Peter Meyer of Port Washington, N.Y., repeated as world champions in the Superboat Vee Unlimited class aboard Seminole Hard Rock. The team led wall-to-wall in its six-boat fleet in the three-race series that opened Wednesday. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1333658.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1333658.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:00 EST While anglers up and down the South Atlantic coast fret about the possibility of a huge area closure to all snapper-grouper fishing in order to shore up collapsing red snapper stocks, fishermen in the Keys are worried about losing their deep-drop fishery. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1333660.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1333660.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Recreational anglers have a strong voice at this week's annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas in Recife, Brazil. But whether U.S. commissioner Ellen Peel, executive director of the Fort Lauderdale-based Billfish Foundation, can help persuade the group's 48-member nations to adopt strong conservation measures before adjournment Sunday is doubtful. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1333657.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1333657.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Everglades National Park's proposal for a pilot pole-and-troll zone to protect sea grass beds in Florida Bay got a boost at a public hearing last week in Key Largo. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1328889.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1328889.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Just past a cloudy, windy dawn in the Everglades last Saturday, Lt. Dave Bingham parked his shiny, new, silver airboat between two wax myrtles in an attempt to conceal it. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1329165.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1329165.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Before the stormy weather settled in, captain Charlie Conner of FishTales Charters out of Port St. Lucie reported finding hungry pompano under schools of ladyfish and jack crevalles in the river. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1323854.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1323854.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:00 EST Two years ago, friends Candy Basilius and Gen Gibson were training for the Miami Marathon when they came up with the idea to create a long-distance race for Key Largo. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1322271.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1322271.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST For NASCAR fans who love to fish -- has Darrell Gwynn got a deal for you! <p/> For the eighth year in a row, the paralyzed former race-car driver plans to raise money for his foundation to cure paralysis by holding the Hot Rods and Reels Fishing Tournament on the infield lake at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 21. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1322269.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1322269.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST It was bound to happen.<p/> Well-known South Florida wildlife wrangler Manny Puig was seriously injured while handling a venomous Western diamondback rattlesnake during a September taping of his Outdoor Channel television show Savage Wild. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1322268.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1322268.html Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:00 EST One of the angling downsides of the unseasonably warm weather this fall is the fizzling of the annual mullet run along southeast Florida's beaches. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1317418.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1317418.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST ST. PETERSBURG -- In his 13-year career as a light-tackle fishing guide in Tampa Bay, captain Rob Gorta has caught and released redfish up to 42 inches. The 38-year-old former U.S. Coast Guardsman has appeared on several popular outdoors TV shows, helping famous hosts such as Mark Sosin, Shaw Grigsby and Byron Velvick to big catches. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1317419.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1317419.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST The IGFA has begun a new session of the ``School of Sportfishing'' through Dec. 15. Instructors include captains Ron Hamlin, Tony DiGiulian, Karl Anderson, Josh Brown and Bouncer Smith on topics such as billfishing, wahoo, marine electronics and more. All classes are held Tuesdays from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Fee is $100 for IGFA members; $150 for nonmembers. Reservations are required. E-mail jmackin@igfa.org or call 954-924-4340. To register online, go to igfa.org/sosform.asp. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1317414.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1317414.html Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:00 EST BEST BET<p/>Captain Dave Kostyo of Knot Nancy Fishing Charters out of TNT Marina in Keystone reported mullet were migrating through Haulover Inlet and large tarpon were exploding on the helpless mullet, and along the beaches there was sporadic action on Spanish mackerel, offshore a few kingfish on the reef and dolphins migrating south on the edge. . . . Captain Ryan McBride of Conched Out Fishing Charters out of Fort Lauderdale says sailfish have been his main target from Palm Beach south to Fort Lauderdale. McBride reported the sailfish have been chasing ballyhoo schools and small bonitos and tunas, and his clients have averaged three to six bites from sailfish per four-hour charter. http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1309942.html http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/story/1309942.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:00 EDT A zero-emission motor yacht, a superyacht built by the first Western shipyard in China and a flats skiff that doubles as a duck boat are among the varied watercraft on display at the 50th anniversary Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show on Sunday and Monday.